A collection of empirical reports and conceptual analyses written by leading researchers in an exciting new area of the cognitive sciences. The book examines a

Do children have a theory of mind? If they do, at what age is it acquired? What is the content of the theory, and how does it differ from that of adults? "The C

A concise and readable review of the extensive research into children’s understanding of what other people think and feel, providing a comprehensive overview

A state of the art survey of debate within philosophy of mind, developmental psychology, the aetiology of autism and primatology.

The articles in this special issue use a wide range of techniques and subject populations to address fundamental questions about the cognitive and neural struct